19/06/2017 Weather for the Week Ahead

Whether you like hot weather or not, hopefully there should be

some good news for you at some point in this weather forecast.

Sunday brought some real heat.

Parts of south-west London

got up just above 32 degrees Celsius.

It was a little bit cooler

close to some of the coasts

as we developed a sea breeze

and across northern Scotland,

there was more cloud in the sky.

Still some sunshine,

although for north-west Scotland,

sunshine was in short supply.

It's all because of a weather front

which really was sitting around

in just about the same place

all weekend long

and will only be very, very slowly

moving its way southwards during Monday.

To the north of the front,

some fresher air which will move

into some parts of the country,

but across southern areas,

the hot air holds on.

So, plenty of sunshine once again on Monday

across the bulk of England and Wales,

also some sunshine into parts of Northern Ireland,

southern and eastern Scotland.

Our weather front bringing cloud

and a little patchy rain

across the northern half of Scotland

and here it will be cooler,

but come further south,

temperatures could get up to 32,

maybe 33 degrees and that could be enough

to spark a very isolated shower or thunderstorm

across parts of the Midlands and Lincolnshire

as we head through Monday evening.

Now, Monday night into Tuesday

brings our weather front

a little bit further southwards

so that cool fresh air

getting into Glasgow, for instance,

into Belfast, but for Cardiff and London,

temperatures really holding up,

another muggy night.

Now, into Tuesday, the fresher air

will really be sitting

across the northern half of the country.

The hot air still in place across the south

so temperatures once again during Tuesday

across southern parts of England,

south Wales will get close to 30 degrees.

To the north of that,

it will be much cooler and fresher

and along the line of our weather front,

there is a greater chance

that we could see one or two showers

and thunderstorms through the afternoon.

Now, during Tuesday night into Wednesday,

our weather front, having moved its way southwards

then begins to move its way north-eastwards again.

It will introduce some showery rain at this stage

across parts of Northern Ireland, western Scotland,

some western fringes of England and Wales as well.

Some of this could be heavy ahead of it.

Still some dry weather,

fairly cool to the north-east,

fairly warm to the south-east

and during Wednesday night into Thursday

as this warm front continues its journey eastwards,

it could well allow some very, very warm air,

even some very hot air to move in again

across the south-east of the country

so Thursday could be an even hotter day

across parts of the south-east in England -

29/30 degrees,

maybe even a little higher here and there.

But further north and west,

again that cooler, fresher feel.

17 degrees there in Aberdeen,

still quite a lot of dry weather

across the country at this stage.

Now, through Thursday night into Friday,

it will be a slow process,

but we will see fresher air moving

from the west across more parts of the country.

That fresher air coming from the Atlantic,

but also coming from the Atlantic weather systems,

like this one which will bring some rain

into the north-west, we suspect, on Friday.

Still some warmth into the south-east,

but temperatures back into the mid-20s

by this stage and as we go on into next weekend,

we will see more of that cool fresh air

coming in from the Atlantic

because an area of low pressure

is likely to move its way in and park itself

across the north of the British Isles.

This low is likely to become quite slow moving,

bringing us this westerly wind,

bringing us the fresher air from the Atlantic

so next weekend should be a cooler, fresher feel

and that is what we take forward

into the following week as well.

Cooler days, fresher nights,

a mixture of sunshine and showers,

although some of the showers

could be on the heavy side

so the heat will eventually ease.

I mean, Lauren, she's too nice.